Filing device.



A. 'MQKINNEY & N. RICHARDSON.

FILING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION II'L'ED r1131], 1912.

Patented NOV. 12, 1912.

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have invented certain .arranged parallel to the extension ONTARIG,CANADA.

FILING DEVICE.

Specification of Application filed February 1' To on l'twhowv, it mayconcern: Be itknown that we, Annnn'r ld oKiNNnr and NnwToN liior-mnosox,both subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents of the city ofToronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada,

new and useful linprovements in Filing Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improven'ients in filing devices, as describedin the following specification andillustrated in the acconr panyingdrawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction andarrangement of parts, whereby the. sheets tiled are suspended upon atelescopic member having the outer movable portion supported from aslidable frame. Y

The objects of the invention are, to facilitate the filing and removalof large sheets such as garment patterns, and to devise a filing devicewhich will allow the quick selection and removal of any pattern desiredwithout the necessity of handling the others on the file, therebyeffecting a considerable. saving of time and also obviating themutilation of the patterns. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspec tiveview of the improved filing device shown in its closed position andshowing a number of sheets filed thereon representing patterns or othersheets. F ig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device distended andillustrating the method of removing the desired sheet. Fig. 3 is aperspective detail of a slightly modified form of the supporting frameconstruction. l ig. 4 is a small perspective view of a modified form.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the rigid portion of the device in theform of a bracket adapted to be rigidly-secured to a wall or othervertical support'and having the right angular extension 2 projectingfm'wardly from-the upper end said extension having a centrallongitudinal slot 3 therein.

4: is a tubular member rigidly secured in the lower end of the'bracketmember 1 and Letters Patent.

Pa ented Nov. 1 2,1912.

Serial No. 876,107.

by a pair of rivets extending dmvnwardly through to the lower end 5 andeXtci-iding ii'iwardly parallel with the top portion and having areduced end 9 adapted to telescope into the tube. 4.

- The bracket member 1 may be formed in almost any desired shape so longas it is provided with a forwardly projecting portion. at the top tocarry the outer frame.

the sliding" frame to the rigid member is shown in Fig. 3. the evtensionend 2 having the laterally extend: lugs 10 formed at the outer end bent.upwardly and inwardly and forming a guide for the pper member ii of thesliding frame. said upper member having correspondingly aranged lugs 11bent downwardly and inwz'irdly and loosely embracing the extension 2.

In the use of this device. the outer vertical portion of the frame 5forms a handle for sliding the said frame outwardly. When the frame 5 isdrawn to the limit of its outward movement the inner end of the bar 8 iswithdrawn just clear of the outer end of the tube 4: thus leaving anarrow slit opening 12 suificient ly Wide to allow the ready placing andremoval of one of the patterns or other sheets held on the file. Thepatterns are thus placed in position so that the tube 4 extends througha suitable hole punched in said pattern and when the desired number ofpatterns are placed on the file the movable frame 5 is pushed inwardly,the bar 8 telescoping into the tube '4 and the shoulder portion 13thereof abutting the end of said tube. The. patterns are thus supportedupon the horizontal bar so as to hang free and perpendicular. to use a.patteruwhich is onthe file, the operator draws out the frame and slidesthe various patterns from the tube 4 on to the bar 8 until the desiredpattern is reached. This pattern is then slipped into the narrow. slit15?. and the forward patterns are moved back 2, said tubular member endof I forining'the rigid the filing bar.

frame eiosed in A very simple and cheap form of file is thus producedand it will be readily underq r said incu'iber b being slidably seof theperpendicular portion of the frame,

on to the tube and the outer end of the- A. slightly modified form orcoi'inceting When it is desired eii'ort to obtai nthe required one fromthe bunch.

Many modifications of construction of this file may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention so long as the 'main featureof a slidable frame carrying a telescoping member adapted to telescopeinto a rigidly supported tube is adhered to.

lVhat we claim as our invention is 1. In a filing device, a brackethaving a rigid angular extension, a filing member rigidly secured insaid bracket and arranged in parallel relation to said bracketextension, and a member slidably secured to said bracket extension andcarrying a member adapted to telescope with said rigid filing member andto be retained in alinement with said rigid member in the extendedposition.

2. In a filing device, a rigid bracket adapted to be secured in avertical position -andhaving a horizontal extension from the top thereofand a horizontal tubular extension from the bottom a frame slidablysupported on said bracket extension, and a horizontally arrangedrodrigidly secured t o said slidable frame and adapted to telescope saidtubular extension.

3. In a filing device, a rigid bracket member having a horizontalextension from the top formed with a longitudinal slot therein, atubular member rigidly securedto said bracket member adjacent to thelower end and arranged parallel with said'horizontal extension, a framehaving a horizontally arranged portion adapted to rest on,the"top of'theextension from said bracket and having a pair of rivets tending throughsaid slot, and a rod rigidly secured in the vertically arranged' portionof said frame in horizontal alineinent with said tube and having areduced end adapted to telescope said tube and a shoulder portionadapted to abut the end of said tube when the device is closed. 7

Signed at the city of Toronto, county of York, Ontario, Canada, January1912. v

ALBERT MCKINNEY. NEWTON RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

D. S. TovELL, E. HERON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five tents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1L0.

secured therein and ex- V this 2lth day of; v

